Suite... et fin??
<br>Second mail de Elliott:
<br>Si certains souhaitent que je le traduise, pas de souci..
<br>Mais je ne suis même pas sûr que ce sujet interesse qqu'un d'autre que moi
<br>Hello,
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<br>I am the founder and president of Karateco who used to manufacture The Double in Japan, in France and in the USA
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<br>The games went to the USA. Here is the story reproduced from our Company’s history files.
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<br>Unfortunately there is no emulator for The Double. You might be able to find similar machines in Japan as we did sell the license to a Japanese company. Unfortunately this company no longer produces games and did not keep any. But they believe that some can still be found locally.
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<br>Regards
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<br>Elliott Stambouli
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<br>1981: Karateco-France SA is promptly incorporated in France with the declared objective to replace most imported leisure electronic products by French-made products under Japanese technology. However in France, the newly elected Socialist government is prompt to reverse decisions taken by the preceding regime and in July of the same year promulgates a law barring leisure electronic machines not only to be operated in France but also produced or stocked, putting an end to what was the most advanced factory and assembly line in Europe of one of the most successful game ever, The Double, Karateco's most successful game.
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<br>1982: The Group suffered the tremendous blow of the new law promulgated in France and decided to move its assembly line and its stocks to the USA. It started an operation in Houston, Texas and in Los Angeles, California. While huge quantities of stocks were floating across the ocean, the French customs informs the U.S. customs that illegal (well, they were just declared illegal in France...) were arriving to the USA. American custom officers confiscate the shipment while in court we were justifying the legality of the equipment. Of course, we won the case and promptly obtained the release of the grounded equipment. And here surprise: the containers have been unloaded for goods inspection by the court and stocked in the open air. Though it rained rarely, it did rain at that time and ALL the stocks were good had to be disposed of, resulting in a multi million dollars net loss for the group, coming in addition to the loss sustained in France. We sued the French government for one billion French Francs but lost the case with the “Conseil d’Etat”on the basis that “when the legislator promulgated the law, he had no intention of extending any indemnity”. A few years later, the candidates to the “Licence de Droit” were given for their final test the “Stambouli case” to discuss
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